English Literature

Please note: Information on this page relates to the 2010 academic year unless otherwise specified.

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Overview

Victoria offers one of New Zealand's widest ranges of courses in English Literature from Old English to the present day, and literature in English from New Zealand, the Pacific and America. Our courses take an equally wide range of approaches to the study of these texts, using both traditional and contemporary critical methods, and placing them in a variety of literary, historical and cultural contexts.

Studying English Literature gives you access to one of the world's richest cultural traditions. At the heart of all our courses are the skills of advanced reading and writing: we aim to help you to read with greater attention, appreciation and enjoyment, and to express your responses and thinking with more precision, and to discover the excitements and challenges of independent literary research.

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Undergraduate Information

BA Major Requirements

English Literature

  1. 20 points from ENGL 100–199; 20 further points from ENGL, FILM, THEA, or MDIA 100-199
  2. 60 points from ENGL 200–299
  3. 60 points from ENGL 300–399
  4. 40 of these points must be taken from courses numbered ENGL 200–229 or ENGL 300–329

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Postgraduate Information

Postgraduate Qualifications in English Literature

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How To Find Out More

You can order more information on this subject using our Request for Study Material form.

Victoria's Student Recruitment and Course Advice Office offers advice on courses and help with planning your degree.

Contact the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences' Student and Academic Services Office for information on admission, qualifications and courses, course advice and selection criteria, exemptions and prerequisites.

English Literature courses are taught within the School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies.
English Office: Level 8, von Zedlitz Building.
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List of Courses

For a complete course listing, see the list of all English Literature courses.

100 Level English Literature and Language Courses

ENGL 111 – Past Masters

ENGL 112 – Cultural Encounters: The Literature and Theatre of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific

ENGL 114 – Introduction to Literary Form

ENGL 116 – Reading Shakespeare: An Introduction

ENGL 117 – How to Read Stories

200 Level English Literature and Language Courses

ENGL 208 – Shakespeare

ENGL 209 – The Novel

ENGL 214 – The Chivalric Quest: 1400-1600

ENGL 215 – Old English Literature

ENGL 221 – Classic Theatre

ENGL 224 – A Literary History of the English Language

ENGL 225 – Classical Traditions in English Literature

ENGL 226 – God and the Poets: Christian Traditions in English Poetry

ENGL 228 – Special Topic

ENGL 229 – Special Topic

ENGL 231 – Modern Poetry

ENGL 232 – Theatrical Revolution: Drama from Realism to the Postmodern

ENGL 233 – Pacific Literature

ENGL 234 – New Zealand Literature

ENGL 238 – Literature and New Media

ENGL 241 – Dramaturgy of the Real

ENGL 242 – Dramaturgy of the Avant Garde

ENGL 243 – Contemporary Fiction

ENGL 244 – Children's Literature: A Selected Genre

ENGL 247 – Special Topic

ENGL 249 – Special Topic

300 Level English Literature and Language Courses

ENGL 307 – Troy and Troilus

ENGL 308 – Renaissance Literature

ENGL 311 – Romantic Literature

ENGL 312 – Victorian Literature

ENGL 315 – Restoration and 18th Century Literature

ENGL 320 – Beowulf

ENGL 321 – Old English

ENGL 322 – Middle English Language

ENGL 329 – Special Topic

ENGL 330 – Modern Fiction: Colonial and Post-colonial Literature

ENGL 331 – New Zealand Literature

ENGL 332 – American Literature: Twentieth Century

ENGL 333 – Indigenous Writing in English

ENGL 341 – Dramaturgy of the Real

ENGL 342 – Dramaturgy of the Avant Garde

ENGL 348 – Special Topic

400 Level English Literature and Language Courses

ENGL 401 – Medieval Studies: Beowulf

ENGL 402 – Medieval Studies: Old Icelandic

ENGL 403 – Medieval Studies: Chaucer

ENGL 404 – Medieval Studies: Middle English Fictions

ENGL 405 – Medieval Studies: Old English

ENGL 406 – Medieval Studies: Middle English Language to Early Modern English

ENGL 407 – Medieval Studies: Troy and Troilus

ENGL 408 – Medieval Studies: c1400 - c1600 Cultural Revolutions

ENGL 410 – Renaissance Studies: Literature and Cultural Politics

ENGL 411 – Renaissance Studies: Spenser and Religious Controversy

ENGL 413 – Renaissance Studies: Milton

ENGL 415 – Renaissance Studies: Shakespeare's Classical Worlds

ENGL 420 – Modern Fiction: New Zealand Fiction for Children

ENGL 422 – Modern Poetry

ENGL 423 – New Zealand Literature: Mansfield and Friends

ENGL 424 – New Zealand Literature: James K. Baxter: Texts and Contexts

ENGL 427 – 18th Century and Romantic Studies

ENGL 428 – Contemporary Fiction

ENGL 430 – Literary Scholarship

ENGL 431 – Literary Criticism

ENGL 433 – The Culture of Modernism

ENGL 435 – The English Bible and English Literature

ENGL 436 – Inventing Ireland: Contemporary Irish Literature

ENGL 437 – Literature and Technology

ENGL 441 – Special Topic: Maori Writing in English

ENGL 442 – A Special Period

ENGL 443 – A Special Author: John Mulgan

ENGL 444 – Special Topic: Pirates, Fags and New Women: Victorian and Edwardian Adolescent Fiction

ENGL 446 – Special Topic: Classical Traditions

ENGL 451 – Drama and Theory

ENGL 452 – Shakespearean Performance

ENGL 453 – Drama and Theatre in Aotearoa New Zealand

ENGL 489 – Research Essay

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